Sunday, January 26, 2014

Fun facts to throw around the Super Bowl

The 2014 Super Bowl is a contest between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos. Here’s some fun facts to share during the upcoming game.

Q1: How many times has the Super Bowl been played?

A: 47 times and the winning Super Bowl team with the smaller population won 44 percent of the time (21 times out of 47). Leading up to 1995, the team with the larger population won the prior 13 Super Bowls.

Thus, in 1995 the NFL instituted a salary cap to allow smaller market teams to be more competitive.

View of downtown Seattle. Mt. Rainier appears barely visible through the haze to the right of the city.

Q8: In 2012, what was the percentage of Seattle residents 25 and older who had a bachelor’s degree or higher?

A: In 2012, 57.7 percent of Seattle residents 25 and older held a bachelor’s degree or higher and 93.6 percent held a high school diploma. The national figures were 29.1 percent and 86.4 percent, respectively.

Q9: What is the percentage of Seattle residents five and older who speak a language other than English at home?

A: 23 percent of Seattle residents five and older speak a language other than English at home, which is slightly higher than the national average of 21 percent, but less than Denver’s percentage which is 26 percent.